Vulnerability Details : CVE-2007-0540
WordPress allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth or thread consumption) via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a file with a binary content type, which is downloaded even though it cannot contain usable pingback data.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2007-0540
- cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0540
5.28%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 92 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2007-0540
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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5.0
|
MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
|
2.9
|
NIST |
References for CVE-2007-0540
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded
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http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
[SECURITY] [DSA 1564-1] New wordpress packages fix several vulnerabilities
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http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities in Wordpress - CXSecurity.com
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
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